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Buddy Hield scored all 11 of his points in the second half to help the Sooners
(5-1) come back from a 54-44 deficit in the final 9:07. Amath M'Baye led Oklahoma
with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Osby finished with 11 points.

"When they were up 10, I thought our guys did toughen up a little bit defensively
and got some big stops," Sooners coach Lon Kruger said. "But I really thought
ORU outplayed us for the most part."

Amath M'Baye led Oklahoma with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Osby finished
with 11 points.

"I feel our team has a great ability to show up in the clutch," M'Baye said.

After Osby's two free throws made it 61-60 with 2:58 to play, Steven Pledger's
driving basket increased the Sooners' lead to 63-60 at 1:12.

Steven Roundtree scored with 18 seconds left for ORU, but missed a free throw
that would have tied it. Glover scrambled for the rebound and the Golden Eagles
called time out. Glover missed a 10-foot shot with 1.4 seconds remaining and
Osby got the rebound.

"Shawn's a good player and we wanted him to take that shot," Roundtree said.

Osby was fouled and missed both free throws but Oral Roberts' Niles missed from
half-court as time expired.

Glover's jumper gave the Golden Eagles their biggest lead at 54-44 with 9:07
to go. But Roundtree, Oral Roberts' top rebounder, was on the bench with four
fouls and the Sooners took advantage with a 12-2 run, tying it on Hield's jumper
with 4:54 to play.

"Roundtree is a key for them and with him getting in a little foul trouble,
that helped us," Kruger said.

Roundtree, who had 14 points and eight rebounds, responded with his first basket
of the second half, but Pledger answered with a 3-pointer to give the Sooners
a 59-58 edge -- their first lead since 7-6. Glover's jumper gave ORU its last
lead at 60-59 with 3:22 left.

"It's a tough loss, it never gets easy losing these type of games," Oral Roberts
coach Scott Sutton said. "You can't get outrebounded like we did in the second
half, we gave up 18 offensive rebounds (in the game) and commit the careless
turnovers that we did and expect to win. I told our guys I was proud of how
we competed. I thought they played with great energy."

Oklahoma has won 13 in a row over Oral Roberts since losing the first two in
a series that began in the 1975-76 season. It was the Sooners' first game at
Oral Roberts since 1995 and the fourth time the Golden Eagles have hosted the
Sooners overall.

"We were fortunate to learn a lot from this ballgame and still have it be in
the right column so I feel good about that, but we still have a lot of work
to do," Kruger said.

The Sooners outrebounded the Golden Eagles 37-33. Oral Roberts shot 47 percent
from the field while Oklahoma made 40 percent.

Niles had 12 points and Roundtree scored 10 to spark the Golden Eagles to a
35-31 lead at halftime.

A sloppy start to the second half resulted in each team managing only two points
in the first 4½ minutes.

Niles then sank three throws after being fouled on a long-range shot and added
a basket off a steal to give Oral Roberts its biggest lead at 42-33. The Sooners
responded with a 6-0 run that was stopped by Damen Bell-Holter's dunk as the
Golden Eagles responded with six straight points.

"We should've closed it out," Niles said. "We had it under control and let it
slip away."

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